how is the production of oil from oil shale similar to coal mining?-?

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how is the production of oil from oil shale similar to coal mining?-?

2007-01-17 06:35:09 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology

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Oil shale is rock with oil in the pores of the rock. Getting it out of the ground for processing uses the sme techniques as coal, which is modified and compressed vegetable material, so the amount of rock is low, but the coal behaves the same when being dug. Oil shale has to be broken up and heated to remove the oil.

2007-01-17 06:41:07 · answer #1 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

It's strip-mined by huge land stripping machines and conveyed to processing plants by enormous trucks.

2007-01-17 14:39:35 · answer #2 · answered by poutine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋